CIA-UAP-008_SPECULATIVE_PAPER_BY_N_KARDASHEV_AND_A_SAKHAROV.pdf

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|  COUNTRY | USSR | REPORT NO. | OO-B-321/07709-72  |
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|  SUBJECT | Speculative Paper by N Kardashev and A Sakharov on Charged Mass in Space at Conference on Origins…

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4. The US attendee considers Kardashev to be very competent technically and further to be very self-possessed. He recalled an incident in the spring of 1971 when Kardashev, L I Matveyenko and he visited Academician Lev Artsimovich, secretary of the Academy's Department of General Physics and Astronomy. Matveyenko, Institute for Cosmic Research, is a Communist Party member and very expert in political matters. He was almost cringing in Artsimovich's presence whereas Kardashev was cool and confident in his business-like discussions with the senior Academician.

5. In general, t…